Overgaiter



Sept. 18, 192& 1,684,312 C. TWEEDIE .v

OVERGAITER Filed July 11, 1927 Patented Sept. 18, 1928.

PATENT 0 rice.

CHARLES TWEEDIE, or JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI.

OVERGAITER.

Application filed July 11,

My invention relates to overgaiters and has for its principal object todevise an overgater that will fit properly and present a goodappearance. It consists principally in. the arrangement and combinationof parts Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view in long tudinal elevation showingmy ov-ergaiter in full lines in comparison with a standard shoe patternindicated in dotted lines,

Figs. 2 and 3 are, respectfvely, views of, the

' inner side and of the outer side of'my overgaiter applied to a shoewhich is indicated in dotted line, and

Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are, respectively, detail Views of the innerquarter, the button fly quarter, the button quarter, and the shankstrap.

An ordinary overgaiter of the present day has the, following, amongother d'sadvantages: namely; It does not hug the shoe tightly enough butgaps and flops around in an unsatisfactory way; its front seaindoes notstay in proper position but very fre quently goes awry and presents abad appearance; the fastening strap is usually so arranged that theovergaiter has to be dragged or pulledover the foot and is therebylikely to be soiled; and such mounting of the strap makes itunnecessarily ditlicult for corpulent people to put on'such overgaiter.

My overgaiter, which is made of woven fabric, comprises an inner.quarter 1, a button quarter 2, a button hole or fly quarter 3, and astrap 4. The rear edges of the inner and button quartersare sewedtogether forming the rear seam; and the front edgesof the inner quarterand of the button fly are sewed together, forming the front seam. Thestrap is secured to the lower edge of the button quarter and is extendedin the line of the buttons and preferably extends from the top of thebutton quarter a sufiicient distance beyond the lower edges of saidbutton quarter to pass below the shoe shank and reach a tab 5 on thelower margin of the inner quarter. The tab has a button hole 6 and theend portion of the strap has a button 7 that engages therewith.

My invention may be better understood by comparison with a standard shoepattern 8 of upper for mens button shoe. The out- 1927. SeriaI No.204,767.

l ne of such a pattern is indicated in dotted l nes in Fig. 1. The shapeand dimensions of the top portions of tlielquarters of my overgaiter arethe same as those of the standard pattern. According to the presentinvention, however,.tl1e lower portions ofboth the front and the rearseams of my overgaiter are sprung in; that is, the front and backedgesof the lower portions of the quarters are cut scant. By thisarrangement, the edges of the upper portions of the quarters coincidewith those of the standardpattern; but at the bottom edges, the quartersof my device lack about three-sixteenths of an inch at the rear ofreaching the rear edge of the standard pattern, and atthe bottom of thefront edge, my quarters lack about a half inch or more, of, reaching thefront edges of the standard pattern. The point A at which the front edgeof my quarters begins to depart from the edge of the standard pattern islocated about the center of the ankle throat curve of the standardpattern; and-from this point downwardly the front edge of my quartersfollows a substantially straight line to and slightly beyond the vampline point B of the standard pattern, and from the end of this line,which is; near the lower margin of this quarter, the seam is sprung ineven more. The point C at Which-the rear edge of my quarters depart fromthe rear edge of the standard pattern is located about opposite thepoint. AQ The effect of thus springing the front and rear seams. coupledwith the useof the strap and the flexibility of the material is to makethe lower edge of the ovcrgaitcr hug the shoe nicely throughout allmovements of the foot.

Overgaiters of the type commonly in use have their buttons arranged in avertical line; and the strap is secured to the button hole fly with itsends about equidistant from the back of the shoe. According to thepresent invention, the line of the buttons is not vert'cal but inclinesupwardly and rearwardly at an angle of about seventy-two degrees more orless. The strap is preferably permanently secured to the button, quarterat the front edge thereof and extonds'in the line of the seam; and theinner quarter has a tab or extension along its bottom margin that isprovided with a button hole for the button on the end of the strap. Thisbutton hole is located forwardly of the button strap in the positionthat the buttonon the strap will naturally occupy when the strap is wrped around the shank ofthe shoeand bea s flatwise against said shank.

The effect of this arrangement of the strap coupled with the springingofthe seams and the flexibility of the material is to induce stressesthat tend to hold the front seam,

the proper position on the shoe and to pull itback to its proper sitionin case it has been set awry. Anot ier advantage of this arrangement isthat the strap button,.being .on the. inner side of the foot can beeasily reached for buttoning or unbuttoning; and as the strap is securedto the button quarter the overgaiter may be mounted by wrapping itaround the foot as distinguished from pulling. it over the foot. Thegaite-r may be readily put on or taken off of the foot Withoutunbutton'ing the strap and without dan ger of soiling the overgaiter,because it is only necessary to insert the heel portion of the shoebetween theback of the overgaiter and the strap, and then wrap thegaiter around the foot and button the same. Ac-

cordingly, it is not essential that either end front seam, and a strappermanently secured to the button quarter and detachably secured to theinner quarter at a point forward of its point ofa'ttachment to thebutton quarter. 4

2.An overgaiter comprisingan inner quarter, a button quarter secured tosaid inner quarter by a rear seam, a button hole quarter secured to theinner quarter by a front seam, and a strap connecting the but tonquarter and the inner quarter, its attachment to the inner quarterbeingat a attachment to a button quarter, said strap being permanentlysecured to the button quarter and extending downwardly and forwardlytherefrom so as to reach the inner quartera t a point forward ofitspointof attachment to the button quarter when Wrapped flatwiseagainst said shoe shank.

4. An overgaiter comprising an inner quarter, a button quartersecuredtofsaid inner quarter by a rear seam,'a button hole quartersecured to the inner quarter by a front seam, and a strap adapted toextend under. the shank ofa shoe and connect the lower portions of theinner quarter and the button quarter, the line of buttons slopingupwardly and backwardly, and said strap being secured. to'the buttonquarter and extending downwardly and forwardly therefrom so as to reachthe; inner quarter at a point forward of its point of attachment to thebutton quarter when wrapped fiatwise around said shoe shank.

5. A woven fabrle overgaiter comprising an inner quarter, a, buttonquarter secured .to said inner quarter by a rear seam whose lowerportion is sprung inwardly, a button hole. quarter secured to the innerquarter by a front seam whose lower portion is, sprung inwardly, and astraight strap permanently secured to the button, quarterand extendingdownwardly and forwardly and detachably secured to the inner quarter ata point for ward of its point of attachment to the button quarter. a

Signed at Jefferson City, Missouri, this first day of July, 1927,. a a

' CHARLES TWEEDIE.

